Amherst in the world /

Amherst in the world /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Amherst, Massachusetts : Amherst College Press, [2020] ©2020
Description:	1 online resource (v, 357 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Language:	English
Subject:	Amherst College -- History. Amherst College. Education, Higher -- Massachusetts -- Amherst -- History. Education, Higher. Massachusetts -- Amherst. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12592327

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Other authors / contributors:	Saxton, Martha, editor. Amherst College. Press, publisher. Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
ISBN:	9780943184210 0943184215 9780943184203
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Information from the publisher.
Summary:	In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Amherst College, a group of scholars and alumni explore the school's substantial past in this volume. Amherst in the World tells the story of how an institution that was founded to train Protestant ministers began educating new generations of industrialists, bankers, and political leaders with the decline in missionary ambitions after the Civil War. The contributors trace how what was a largely white school throughout the interwar years begins diversifying its student demographics after World War II and the War in Vietnam. The histories told here illuminate how Amherst has contended with slavery, wars, religion, coeducation, science, curriculum, town and gown relations, governance, and funding during its two centuries of existence. Through Amherst's engagement with educational improvement in light of these historical undulations, it continually affirms both the vitality and the utility of a liberal arts education.
Standard no.:	10.3998/mpub.11873533

Description
Physical Description:	1 online resource (v, 357 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780943184210 0943184215 9780943184203